On April 30, RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, by the decree of the President of Armenia, presented the conscript, ordinary Harutyun Badalyan Order of “Battle Cross” of 2nd level for the exceptional courage, dedication and skill in defending the homeland and ensuring security.

As you know, the Azerbaijani attack on Karabakh, the new escalation of the war and the war crimes of the Azerbaijani Army were the main topics of the world’s media, more than 100 representatives of which are in Artsakh and spread operational information from the front.

We are again in the ward number 5 of the military hospital, where Davit, Arman, Eric, Narek and Khachik are getting treatment. Khachik’s hand is injured.

Mehakavan military hospital of north-east direction is just in a few kilometers from the place of military actions. Here serve our best doctors. This is no exaggeration. All the wounded were rescued, no deaths were registered.

In this mountain village Shatin was born the hero of the Artsakh War, Yurik Levon Khanoyan. His father, Levon, mother Kim, brother Zhora and sister Varduhi still do not believe that he will not return, that he had died in the war. 22-year-old hero received the medal “For Courage”, the icon “Member of hostilities of 1992-1994”.

The combat unit “Armenian Eagles” is stationed in Artsvanist, and is operating under the command of the chairman of the military-patriotic NGO “Armenian Eagles”, Colonel Khachik Asryan.
The detachment consists of young guys, dozens of middle-aged volunteers, participants of the Artsakh war, intelligentsia, the former Soviet military who served in Afghanistan. Volunteers go to the front line. On the one hand – the Iranian Plateau, and ahead of them – the positions of the enemy.